Electronic format of public procurement logistics

Abstract

Aim. The presented study aims to analyze the features of information support and use of digital technologies for creating an electronic format of public procurement logistics in the Russian FederationTasks. The authors investigate the theoretical aspects of the functioning of the public procurement system and assess its efficiency in the Russian economy at the current stage; determine the reasons and objectives for creating an electronic logistics format for procurement activities to meet public needs; analyze potential efficiency following the development of digital logistics in the contract system of public procurement in the Russian Federation.Methods. This study uses general scientific methods of cognition to analyze the digital development of the public procurement system and determine directions for further development.Results. Improving the functioning of the contract system for procurement activities in the Russian Federation requires information support and practical application of digital technologies to create an electronic format of public procurement logistics. Reasons for the rapid creation and development of the electronic format of public procurement logistics include such factors as the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and digital transformation of the public administration system and the national economy, including the logistics industry. The economic efficiency of the electronic format of public procurement logistics consists in automating logistics processes, increasing integration with other structural authorities that ensure the functioning of the contract system, reducing time costs, preventing corruption and most violations during procurement activities.Conclusion. The digitalization of the national economy and the public procurement system is the result of a necessary process associated not so much with the transition to the post-industrial era or with the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution, but rather with the logical continuation of the large-scale public administration reform program that started in the 1980s in Western countries.